Il cinema dei Papi

Making use of mostly unpublished documents from the archives of the Vatican Secretary of State and the Pontifical Gendarmerie,  this volume tells of the birth of the Vatican Film Library,  whose 8,000 titles make it unique in its genre and the main depository of the memory of moving images of the pontiffs of the 1900\’s.  An original viewpoint  for  understanding the profound transformations  which  took place  in the image of the papacy  and  the relationship between Catholic Church and cinema.